Paul H. Smith interview on Jeff Rense Wednesday

Paul H. Smith will be a guest on the Jeff Rense Show Wednesday night, August 8th (7 PST / 9 CST).
Topic: Remote Viewing and Dowsing

2007 Remote Viewing Conference

2007 REMOTE VIEWING CONFERENCE
Sponsored by the International Remote Viewing Association
http://www.irva.org

Friday through Sunday, October 19-21, 2007
at the Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Featuring presentations by applications and research professionals on the art and science of remote viewing.

Remote Viewing Conference web page: http://irvaconference.org

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INVITED SPECIAL GUESTS

JACQUES F. VALLEE, Ph.D.
Keynote Speaker, Saturday Speakers Reception
"THE SOFTWARE OF CONSCIOUSNESS:
Personal recollections from the early days of the remote viewing program"

A respected scientist, Dr. Vallee worked at Stanford Research Institute and became a consultant for a time with the consciousness studies program headed by Dr. Hal Puthoff in the mid-eighties. He was cleared for Grill Flame, went through formal training with Ingo Swann, and contributed to the methodology research that Dr. Ed May later led at SAIC. His experience spans the entire life of the program and gives him a special position as an observer and commentator on the reality of remote viewing. Dr. Vallee was the inspiration for the character played by Francois Truffaut in Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."


GEORGE McMULLEN
Invited Speaker
"Remote Viewing Artifacts: Hands on Experience"

Intuitive Archeologist and Forensic Remote Viewer. Performed archeological remote viewing for the Alexandria Project. Author of "One White Crow."


DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS


COURTNEY BROWN, Ph.D.
"Remote Viewing and the Displaced Target Phenomenon"
Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University and Director of The Farsight Institute. Author of "Remote Viewing: The Science and Theory of Nonphysical Perception."
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LYN BUCHANAN
"The Setting of Standards"
Invited Panel Member: "A Remote Viewer's Code of Ethics"
Former military remote viewer/trainer and a board member of IRVA. Executive Director, Problems>Solutions>Innovations. Author of "The Seventh Sense."
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BILL RAY
"THE CELTIC WAY: An Unscientific Look at Remote Viewing"
Invited Panel Member: "A Remote Viewer's Code of Ethics"
Former military remote viewer and commander of the Fort Meade remote viewing unit. Retired Army major; currently civilian special agent for Army counter-intelligence. In 2006 served as the CI Coordinating Authority for the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq.
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MARTY ROSENBLATT
"ARV - Investment Club Approach Versus Independent Viewing"
President of Physics Intuition Applications Corp and the writer/editor of the online magazine, "Connections Through Time."
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STEPHAN SCHWARTZ
"Opening to the Infinite"
A remote viewing explorer and parapsychology researcher. Author of "The Alexandria Project," "The Secret Vaults of Time," "Opening to the Infinite: The Art and Science of Remote Viewing."
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NICK SEFERLIS
"Healing, Intuition and Remote Viewing"
A licensed practitioner and trainer of cutting edge psychologies for over 30 years. He is a trained remote viewer who has developed Intuitive Healing Technique.
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PAUL H. SMITH
"Searching, Finding, Locating - The Shotgun Wedding Between Dowsing and Remote Viewing"
Panel Moderator: "A Remote Viewer's Code of Ethics"
Former military remote viewer and remote viewing instructor; current President of IRVA. President of Remote Viewing Instructional Services, Inc.; and author of "Reading the Enemy's Mind: Inside Star Gate - America's Psychic Espionage Program." Creator of the Learn-Dowsing DVD course; life-member since 1988 of the American Society of Dowsers.
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JESSICA UTTS, Ph.D.
"Arguing Towards the Truth - How Controversy Helps Science Progress: Two Case Studies from the Science of Human Consciousness"
Professor of Statistics, UC Davis. Blue-ribbon panelist, review of Star Gate military remote viewing program for The American Institutes of Research. Noted authority on parapsychology.
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GLENN WHEATON
Invited Panel Member: "A Remote Viewer's Code of Ethics"
Glenn is the co-founder, President and chief instructor of the Hawaii Remote Viewer's Guild. HRVG is a non-profit organization dedicated to the research and training of remote viewing.

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FRIDAY EVENING EVENT
PK Party ("spoon bending"), Hosted by Lyn Buchanan.

SATURDAY SPEAKERS RECEPTION
Following the dinner break join us at 7:30 pm Saturday evening to meet and mingle with other members of the remote viewing community. At 8:00 pm Jacques Vallee will give the keynote address.

For a complete list and newly added speakers and updates please visit http://irvaconference.org

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & INFORMATION
- Register online at http://irvaconference.org
- Register by phone at 866-374-4782. Phone lines are open 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST,
Monday through Friday until October 1, 2007.
- Early conference registration ends on September 15, 2007. Registrations after October 1, 2007, must be made on-site.

CONFERENCE LOCATION
The Alexis Park Resort is approximately one mile from the Las Vegas Airport and 1/2 mile east of the Strip. Parking is available at the hotel. There is shuttle transportation between McCarran Airport and the Alexis Park Resort.

Alexis Park Resort
375 East Harmon
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Website: http://alexispark.com
Hotel Reservations: Toll-free 800-582-2228, direct 702-796-3322
(Be sure to mention you will be attending the International Remote Viewing Association Conference.)

SPECIAL NOTE: The reserved block of rooms expires on September 19, 2007, so make your reservations before that date in order to receive the discounted price.

Paul H. Smith on Coast 2 Coast tonight

Paul H. Smith will spend a few hours with George Noory on his Coast to Coast-AM radio show Thursday night/Friday morning (5/6 July). The show starts at 11pm Pacific Time on July 5th (that's 2am Eastern, July 6th). The topic for discussion: "New and exciting breakthroughs in ESP that redefine questions about human consciousness."

Lyn Buchanan Interview: El Mundo Paranormal De Vane

Lyn Buchanan will be interviewed by Vane, a radio/tv host in Mexico,
starting at midnight (MST) on Friday night/Saturday morning.
(2 AM Saturday Eastern, 1 AM Saturday central, 11 PM Friday, Pacific).

The show is called "El Mundo Paranormal De Vane" ("Vane's world of
the paranormal".) It will be broadcast on XEJ TV and simulcast on XEJ radio (1490)

You can watch the show live over the internet by going to http://www.XEJTV.COM and clicking on the option: Television en vivo (live TV)

It will be simulcast on XEJ radio. You can access the audio by going to http://www.Radionet1490.com
and clicking on the option:
Escuchanos en vivo (Listen to us live)

You can also get the full video program in archive after next Tuesday
by going to http://www.elmundoparanormaldevane.com/tv.html
and clicking on Episodio 31 (the latest episode)

New Book Releases

Opening to the Infinite
by Stephan A. Schwartz

An explanation of the relationship of nonlocal awareness with spiritual practice, creativity, and the modern mental martial art known as Remote Viewing, and what this tells us about our nature as human beings. Clear, concise, explanations about what science has to say about nonlocal awareness, and how one opens to it using scientifically validated protocols. The importance of meditation in opening to nonlocal consciousness, as well as a technique for Western minds. How to put these abilities to practical use in fields as diverse as business, medicine, and crime solving.


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Remote Viewing: A Theoretical Investigation of the State of the Art
by Marilyn I. Schmidt


This book is a coherent review derived from archival research and a survey of the peer-reviewed literature that traces the enigma of this mysterious way of knowing from its roots in antiquity, down through the ages, to the present time.

CSICOP mutation

Has CSICOP Lost the 30 Years' War?

Part 6: CSICOP No More!

~ Guy Lyon Playfair

CSICOP has ceased to exist, it was announced in the Jan./Feb. 2007 issue of Skeptical Inquirer (SI) in an editorial entitled 'New Directions for Skeptical Inquiry'. It has been replaced by something called 'The Center for Scientific Inquiry' (CSI), the stated aims of which sound virtually identical to those of CSICOP. So why the change?

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For a thorough look at the evolution of CSICOP the entire series of articles offers an enlightening view of who and what CSICOP was:

The Skeptical Observer

A series of articles by Guy Lyon Playfair

Has The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)Lost the 30 Years' War?

Part 1 - Birth of a Movement http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org/observer/30yearswar_1.htm

Part 2: The Gauquelin Effect http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org/observer/30yearswar_2.htm

Part 3: How Scientific is CSICOP? http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org/observer/30yearswar_3.htm

Part 4: CSICOP Loses the Thirty Years War http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org/observer/30yearswar_4.htm

Part 5: CSICOP's Stalinist Godfather http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org/observer/30yearswar_5.htm

Part 6: CSICOP No More! http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org/observer/30yearswar_6.htm

Is this REALLY proof that man can see into the future?

Do some of us avoid tragedy by foreseeing it? Some scientists now believe that the brain really CAN predict events before they happen

Professor Dick Bierman's research suggest that ordinary people really do have sixth sense that can help them 'see' the future.

And Bierman is not alone: his findings mirror the data gathered by other scientists and paranormal researchers both here and abroad.

Read the full article

2007 Remote Viewing Conference

As president of the International Remote Viewing Association and conference chair for the 2007 Remote Viewing Conference, it is my pleasure to announce that we have posted the Call for Presentations for the Conference. You can access the Call for Presentations on the front page of our website, here: www.irva.org

The Conference will be held 19-21 October at the Alexis Park Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Further information will be released in the very near future, including the announcement of a very special guest.

(We invite you to forward this message to any and all interested persons and news groups.)

Best wishes,
Paul(Paul H. Smith)

http://www.irva.org

Blindness of Debunkers and Radical Skeptics

Blindness of Debunkers and Radical Skeptics Irks Parapsychology Researcher Dr. Jeffery Mishlove

In-depth interview with parapsychology researcher, author and president of the Intuition Network, Dr. Jeffery Mishlove, explores psi phenomena, consciousness, and intuition, and the skeptical community.

During the 40-minute interview Mishlove explains how radical skeptics are ignoring advances in our understanding of human consciousness. The interview is available for immediate free download at: http://www.skeptiko.com/index.php?id=19.

Zener Cards - online test

The Koestler Parapsycholgy unit is part of the Psychology Department (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences) at the University of Edinburgh. They have the Zener card test online. What fun! It is entirely possible they've had the test available online for years. But just in case some of you - like myself - don't own a web bot, I am pleased to pass on the info that does come to me.

~ Shelia

Pronk's Review of Entangled Minds

Pronk said it all:
Radin is constantly pointing out that parapsychology research has been endorsed and conducted by top-notch scientists, including a surprising number of Nobel laureates. This might be seen as overly defensive, but it is necessary, given the common "no real scientists believe in psi" criticism. On the contrary, my experience has shown that the most vocal opponents of parapsychology are magicians, armchair "scientists", and other people with no scientific training. Radin points out that the most vocal proponents of psi, on the other hand, are the best that science has to offer. Continued . . .

I have to admit to some really healthy laughter upon reading Pronk's disclaimer.
~ Shelia

Prescott Revists Project Alpha

Michael Prescott revisits Project Alpha, "the famous episode from the early 1980s in which superskeptic James Randi arranged for two young magicians to infiltrate a parapsychology lab in order to confound the researchers. Over the years, this strange incident has assumed almost legendary proportions in the minds of some skeptics and reporters, who claim that the researchers were totally fooled."

After commenting on a report in the Las Vegas Style, saying "I guess Las Vegas Style subscribes to the motto 'print the legend,'" Michael provides us with a link to "the actual facts behind this case": Science Versus Showmanship: A History of the Randi Hoax [pdf format], by Michael A. Thalbourne. From Thalbourne's paper, the following comment re: the outcome of Randi's less than professional antics:

"It is not surprising, then, that eventually Randi’s motivations for the hoax were more widely discussed than the hoax itself. Is Randi genuinely concerned to assist parapsychologists? Or was he using his knowledge of conjuring merely to place himself in the spotlight of publicity as a self proclaimed expert on psi testing? In short, did he behave more like a scientist or a showman?"

U.S. Psychic Spy Attacks U.K. Study

U.S. Psychic Spy Attacks U.K. Study
By Laurie Nadel, Ph.D.

A psychic spy who participated in the Pentagon's remote viewing program from 1983 until 1990 claims that the British Ministry of Defense remote viewing studies of 2002 had more holes than Swiss cheese. More . . .

The Psychic Hunt for WMDs?

This article stands out among those examining the British MOD remote viewing study - the writer takes a subject-educated perspective rather than clone a mainstream media response. Paul Smith's article "They Think They Know" was an obvious reference source. From Conspiracy-Times:

The Psychic Hunt for WMDs?
Friday, 16 March 2007
In 2001, the British Ministry of Defence decided to test psychics whether or not they could "remote view". Though these efforts were short-lived, they do pose some interesting questions, specifically as to the purpose behind this exercise. Some argue, it was to hunt down Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Holistic physician and author, Larry Dossey

Holistic physician and author, Larry Dossey will discuss his latest work in non-locality, and how simple practices can deliver powerful messages to the body about well being - on Coast2Coast radio this coming Wednesday, 3/28/07.

website: http://dosseydossey.com

Most recent book: The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things.

March 23rd: Rhine Conference

March 23rd: Rhine Conference
Rhine Research Center Conference
March 23rd - 25th in Myrtle Beach, SC

The Rhine Research Center is hosting a conference in Myrtle Beach this weekend. The conference, “Consciousness Today: Where Scientists and Psychics meet!” is being held at the Holiday Inn on the Waterway.

Joe McMoneagle will be giving the opening keynote speech on Friday night following dinner from 7:15 - 8:45. Other keynote addresses over the weekend are being given by Dr. Sally Rhine Feather at the banquet dinner, and the closing speaker will be Joseph Chilton Pearce.

Lab has conducted fascinating research on the paranormal

Now here's a fellow who can speak without his tongue in his cheek:

Lab has conducted fascinating research on the paranormal
by Watson Sims
published March 13, 2007 12:15 am

Jahn’s personal history is as interesting as the subjects he has studied. A deeply respected scientist and expert in jet propulsion, he was dean of Princeton University’s engineering school when, as another of the school’s faculty later told me, he “went off the deep end.”

The deep end into which Jahn dived contained riddles that have intrigued man throughout history. Can messages be transmitted by mind alone? Can faith really move mountains? Can dancing Indians induce rain to fall?

Such questions tend to make scientists nervous, and Princeton University has in general chose to ignore, rather than support, PEAR.

Interview with Dr. Charles Tart

Join host Alex Tsakiris when he interviews renowned psychology researcher and author, Dr. Charles Tart about his experiences with the “science of parapsychology”.

Download the interview

Spiritual Growth Withstands Everyday Stress
2007-03-14

Guest: Dr. Charles Tart explores his research findings and personal conclusions about spirituality, meditation and transpersonal psychology: “I think we need to have deep spiritual values, and they need to come out of experiences that really teach us at a deep level. They can’t come by somebody preaching at us and telling us how we should feel and so forth. We need a spirituality in our culture that taps into what is real, and taps-in in a deep way, so it will stand up to the stress of everyday life.”

Parapsychologist Rhea White - an exceptional human being

Rhea White has died and moved on into the adventure of adventures.

She ``. . . was known worldwide,'' said Jean Spagnolo, a friend of White's for 55 years. ``In the world of parapsychology, she's famous.'' ~ from Carl MacGowan's account of Rhea's activities.

On Rhea's website Exceptional Human Experience Network you can find comments from her friends.

An ESP Gap - Then and Now

Has the general citizenry of this country evolved to a new [educated] level of comprehension in regard to the sciences? Some think so. If so, it would appear that serious deficits in comprehending the ways of propaganda remain. Big Pharma, through it's intensive multi-million dollar advertising campaigns, determines both what the man-on-the-street will believe is beneficial, as well as what the doctors will prescribe. In a similar vein, the well-funded Skeptic Campaign is driving the response of the general public through control of how the media approaches the subject of ESP.

~ Shelia

An ESP Gap -- Then and Now:

THEN: An E.S.P. Gap - 1984 article

NOW: The E.S.P. Gap [March 1, 2007] By John Tierney

And a response from Paul H. Smith: Skepticism’s Victory Over Science